Franky Chan (; born 17 March 1965) is a former professional snooker player from Hong Kong.
Career Chan started playing snooker when he was 12 and became a professional player in 1990. He played in the Hong Kong Masters and the 1988 Kent Cup, and was a semi-finalist at the 1989 World Amateur Snooker Championship where he was defeated 2-8 by Ken Doherty.
Chen defeated amateurs Guy Dennis and Marcus Campbell and then professional Mike Darrington in the 1990 Professional Play-offs to secure a place as a professional for the 1990–91 snooker season. He became the first professional player from Hong Kong.
Chan's first season on tour saw runs to the last 16 at two ranking events, the Asian Open and the Dubai Classic, and to the last-32 stage at the 1991 British Open. In the 1990 Asian Open, he defeated Jason Smith, David Roe, Wayne Jones and Darren Morgan, before losing 1–5 to Tony Chappel; the Dubai Classic saw victories over Joe Grech, Nigel Gilbert, Cliff Wilson and Jimmy White, but then was beaten 2–5 by Rex Williams. In the British Open, Chan was defeated 5–0 by Stephen Hendry; having started the season without a ranking, he finished it 53rd, already within the top 64 who automatically kept their place on tour for the following season.
In the non-ranking 1991 Belgian Challenge, Chan reached the quarter-finals, where he faced White again, and this time lost 0–5; however, only sixteen players featured in the event and Chan had won his last-16 match against Neal Foulds to reach this stage. Later in the 1991–92 season, he recorded the best finish of his career when he faced Nigel Bond in the quarter-finals of the ranking 1992 Strachan Open, although he lost 1–5. Chan finished the season ranked 42nd, also a career-best.
By the end of the 1993–94 snooker season, Chan had slipped to 118th in the rankings. He did not play professionally again after that season and was ranked 310th in 1995.
Performance and rankings timeline Tournament 1986/87 1987/88 1988/89 1990/91 1991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96RankingIt shows the ranking at the beginning of the seasonHe was an amateurNew players don't have a ranking534279118310Ranking tournamentsThailand ClassicThe event was called the Dubai Masters (1988/1989) and the Dubai Classic (1990/1991–1994/1995)Not HeldNR3RLQLQLQAAGrand PrixAAALQ1RLQLQAAUK ChampionshipAAA1RLQ1RLQAAWelsh OpenTournament Not Held1RLQLQAAInternational OpenAAANot HeldLQLQAAEuropean OpenNot HeldALQLQLQLQAAThailand OpenThe event was called the Thailand Masters (1986/1987 and 1991/1992) and the Asian Open (1990/1991–1992/1993)NRNot Held3RLQLQWDAABritish OpenAAA2RLQ1RLQAAWorld ChampionshipAAALQLQLQAAANon-ranking tournamentsThe MastersAAALQLQAAAAFormer ranking tournamentsClassicAAALQLQTournament Not HeldStrachan OpenThe event was called the Strachan Challenge (1992/1993-1993/1994)Tournament Not HeldQFMRNRNot HeldFormer non-ranking tournamentsWorld MastersNot HeldLQTournament Not HeldHong Kong ChallengeThe event was called the Hong Kong Masters (1986/1987-1988/1989) and the World Series Challenge (1990/1991)1R1R1R1RATournament Not HeldBelgian ChallengeTournament Not HeldQFTournament Not HeldKent ClassicThe event was called the Kent Cup (1986/1987–1988/1989 and 1990/1991)A1RAANHANot Held Performance Table LegendLQ lost in the qualifying draw#R lost in the early rounds of the tournament(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)QF lost in the quarter-finalsSF lost in the semi-finalsF lost in the finalW won the tournamentDNQ did not qualify for the tournamentA did not participate in the tournamentWD withdrew from the tournamentDQ disqualified from the tournament NH / Not Held event was not heldNR / Non-Ranking Event event is/was no longer a ranking eventR / Ranking Event event is/was a ranking eventMR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking eventPA / Pro-am Event means an event is/was a pro-am event
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